EP0287256A3 - Single beam full color electrophotography - Google Patents

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EP0287256A3
EP0287256A3 EP88302992A EP88302992A EP0287256A3 EP 0287256 A3 EP0287256 A3 EP 0287256A3 EP 88302992 A EP88302992 A EP 88302992A EP 88302992 A EP88302992 A EP 88302992A EP 0287256 A3 EP0287256 A3 EP 0287256A3
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full color
single beam
color electrophotography
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electrophotography
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Gregory L. C/O Minnesota Mining And Zwadlo
Kevin M. C/O Minnesota Mining And Kidnie
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/46—Colour picture communication systems
    • H04N1/50—Picture reproducers
    • H04N1/506—Reproducing the colour component signals picture-sequentially, e.g. with reproducing heads spaced apart from one another in the subscanning direction
    • H04N1/508—Reproducing the colour component signals picture-sequentially, e.g. with reproducing heads spaced apart from one another in the subscanning direction using the same reproducing head for two or more colour components
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/01—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for producing multicoloured copies
    • G03G15/0142—Structure of complete machines
    • G03G15/0147—Structure of complete machines using a single reusable electrographic recording member
    • G03G15/0152—Structure of complete machines using a single reusable electrographic recording member onto which the monocolour toner images are superposed before common transfer from the recording member
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/01—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for producing multicoloured copies
    • G03G15/0142—Structure of complete machines
    • G03G15/0147—Structure of complete machines using a single reusable electrographic recording member
    • G03G15/0152—Structure of complete machines using a single reusable electrographic recording member onto which the monocolour toner images are superposed before common transfer from the recording member
    • G03G15/0163—Structure of complete machines using a single reusable electrographic recording member onto which the monocolour toner images are superposed before common transfer from the recording member primary transfer to the final recording medium

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Color Electrophotography (AREA)
  • Wet Developing In Electrophotography (AREA)
  • Color, Gradation (AREA)
EP88302992A 1987-04-15 1988-04-05 Single beam full color electrophotography Expired - Lifetime EP0287256B1 (en)

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US07/038,507 US4728983A (en) 1987-04-15 1987-04-15 Single beam full color electrophotography
US38507 1987-04-15

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EP0287256A2 EP0287256A2 (en) 1988-10-19
EP0287256A3 true EP0287256A3 (en) 1989-07-26
EP0287256B1 EP0287256B1 (en) 1994-06-01

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EP (1) EP0287256B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2860102B2 (en)
KR (1) KR970002989B1 (en)
AU (1) AU601268B2 (en)
BR (1) BR8801765A (en)
CA (1) CA1294315C (en)
DE (1) DE3889764T2 (en)
IL (1) IL86057A (en)

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US4728983A (en) 1988-03-01
KR970002989B1 (en) 1997-03-13
BR8801765A (en) 1988-11-16
CA1294315C (en) 1992-01-14
EP0287256B1 (en) 1994-06-01
IL86057A0 (en) 1988-09-30
EP0287256A2 (en) 1988-10-19
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